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THIRD DIVISION June 30, 2010 No. 1-07-2516 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of ) Cook County, Illinois Plaintiff-Appellee, )

932 N.E.2d 139 (2010) The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 1-07-2516. Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division. June 30, 2010. *145 Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, Christopher Kopacz, Asst. Appe

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge. Carlos Gutierrez brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining that the allegedly inadequate medical care he received for an infected cyst while imprisoned at the Dan-ville Correctional Center rose to the level of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. The district court granted defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and denied a like motion submitted by Gutierre

111 F.3d 1364 Carlos M. GUTIERREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Howard A. PETERS, III, Director, Illinois Department ofCorrections, George E. Detella, Warden, DanvilleCorrectional Center, Early Laster, Assistant Warden,Danville Correctional Center, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-2366. United States Court of Appeals,Seventh Circuit. Argued Feb. 12, 1997

CHOY, Circuit Judge: Cesar Gutierrez appeals from the district court’s summary denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b). Gutierrez was convicted of murder and is now serving a life sentence in a California state prison. The principal issue in this appeal is whether a district court can summarily dismiss a habeas petition under Rule 4, 28 U.S.C

136 Ill. App.3d 774 (1985) 483 N.E.2d 944 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDWIN GUTIERREZ et al., Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 83-167, 83-196, 83-344 cons. Illinois Appellate Court — First District (1st Division). Opinion filed September 16, 1985. *775

*1237 Opinion BOREN, P. J. The individual respondents are truck drivers who entered into “Independent Contractor Agreements” with appellant. After the individual respondents filed wage claims against appellant, appellant petitioned to compel arbitration based on arbitration provisi

*336MEMORANDUM ** Jenelle D’anne Beazley (“Jenelle”), by and through Dwight Theodore Beazley (“Beazley”), her father and guardian ad litem (collectively “the Beazleys”), appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaint, which alleged that the defendants deprived Jenelle of her liberty and property rights without due process or equal protection

THISSEN, Justice. In this case, we are asked to determine whether Minn. Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1(h) (2018), requires the State to prove that "sexual penetration" occurred. The court of appeals held that the statute does not require such proof. Because we conclude that the plain language of the statute requires

623 F.2d 1338 Maria MENDOZA, Individually and on behalf of StephenMendoza, a Minor; Theresa Trujillo, Individually and onbehalf of Albert Trujillo, Joe Trujillo, and David Trujillo,Minors; Alberto Sanchez, Individually and on behalf of JaimeSanchez, Ana Celis Sanchez, John Sanchez, Ernest Sanchez,George Sanchez, and Betty Sanchez, Minors; and on behalf ofall others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,andJulia O

Anderson Lee Covel, Jr. v. State of Maryland, No. 1094, September Term 2021. Opinion by Raker, J. CRIMINAL LAW — JURY INSTRUCTION — “MARYLAND AND FEDERAL VOLUNTARINESS TEST ” — STANDARD The trial court declined to issue a full voluntariness instruction. Appellant claimed that this was in error as there was evidence of coercion. We find no evidence of coercion that would have necessitated that portion of the jury instruction. Moreover, we found it important to delineate between the Federal and

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 24-1553 ___________________________ United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Aldo Ali Cordova Perez, Jr. D

800 F.Supp.2d 1102 (2011) Phillip REED, Plaintiff, v. Lee BACA, et al., Defendants. Case No. 2:10-cv-05766-JHN-JCx. United States District Court, C.D. California. July 22, 2011. *1104 Donald Webster Cook, Robert Frederick Mann, Law Offices of Mann and Cook, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff. Scott E. Caron, Lawrence Beach All

PAGE, Justice (dissenting). I respectfully dissent. I disagree with the court that the trial court’s errors with respect to the jury-unanimity instruction and sexual-history evidence were harmless. But I am particularly troubled by the court’s conclusion that a clergy member need not know the purpose of the meeting at which sexual penetration occurs to be found guilty of clergy sexual conduct.

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN SUPREME COURT A23-0154 Ramsey County Procaccini, J. State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Andrew Vernard Glover, Filed: March 20, 2024 Office of Appellate Court

*600MEMORANDUM ** Matthew Lotze appeals the 21-month sentence and restitution order imposed following his guilty plea conviction on seven counts of wire fraud, false statement, and mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343,1001, and 1341. Lotze, through his wholly owned company, contracted with Chevron to destroy toy cars that c

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 84404-1-I Respondent, DIVISION ONE v. PUBLISHED OPINION SERGEY ANDREEVICH KOVALENKO, Appellant. MANN, J. — Sergey Kovalenko was convicted by a jury of multiple counts of child molestat

OPINION CHUTICH, Judge. Appellant Jerry Expose Jr. appeals his conviction of terroristic threats, arguing that the district court erroneously ruled that an exception to the psychologist-client privilege exists for threatening statements made by a client to his or her psychologist and that the district court improperly allowed witnesses to testify about p

PER CURIAM: Student Resource Officers employed by the Birmingham Police Department and stationed at schools have the authority to use Freeze +P, an incapacitating chemical spray, on students under certain circumstances. A number of Birmingham high school students who were sprayed with or exposed to Freeze +P in 2009, 2010, and 2011 filed a civil rights lawsuit under

OPINION CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge: Kristy Beets and Glenn Allen Rose (“plaintiffs”), the parents of Glenn Patrick Rose (sometimes referred to as “GPR”) filed an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Deputy Winter used excessive force when he shot and killed GPR. The district court dismissed the action on the basis that pursuant to Hec